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The alert warns of Zelle scams on Facebook Marketplace in which a fraudulent buyer attempts to buy a big-ticket item using Zelle, the popular peer-to-peer lending app, to make payment. See: 9 ...
5. Violent Crime. In 2021, 13 people were killed trying to buy or sell through Facebook Marketplace, which makes the idea of using the site for anything seem like an unnecessary risk. However ...
SEE MORE: Seller dodges Facebook Marketplace scam, only to fall into another. In the meantime, Bergen County prosecutor Mark Musella is urging people to take safe steps when meeting with strangers ...
A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
GRiDPad (1989). In 1988, Tandy Corporation purchased the Grid company. [3] AST Computer acquired the US wing of company, and was itself later acquired by Samsung. [4]Grid still produced the GRiDCASE laptops, and the first GRiDPad tablet also was released in 1989; [5] Also a few rebranded models of another manufacturers were released, include Tandy/Victor Technologies Grid 386 (Compaq SLT clone ...
Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure hunts, and charms and talismans.
Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.
Detectives said the scam occurred several times across multiple counties in Southern California. The suspects were not immediately identified. Read more: They planned to sell an iPad online.